The Medieval Bosnians

Medieval Bosnia was a kingdom apart — mountainous, contested between Rome and Constantinople, with its own church and its own monuments: the stećci, tens of thousands of massive carved tombstones that still stand across its uplands. This genome opens a first window onto the people of that vanished kingdom.

The genome-wide data behind this entry was published in The Allen Ancient DNA Resource (AADR): A curated compendium of ancient human genomes.

Every Ancestrify Global25 report includes the free Notable Matches lens: your coordinates are compared to every sequenced member of every catalog entry, and the distance to the closest member is reported — a Euclidean distance in the same 25-dimensional space the Distance lens uses. Because this is a single real individual, not a population average, distances naturally run larger than population distances — that is expected, not a poor result. And one thing is never claimed: a small distance means similar ancestry composition, not that the Medieval Bosnians is your ancestor. See how it looks in the live demo or read about the full G25 analysis.

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  Who was the Medieval Bosnians?

  The Medieval Bosnians (13th–15th century CE, Bosnia and Herzegovina) is one of the Iconic discoveries entries in our Notable Matches catalog, represented by one sequenced ancient genome published in the study "The Allen Ancient DNA Resource (AADR): A curated compendium of ancient human genomes".

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  What does "matching" the Medieval Bosnians mean?

  Your Global25 coordinates are compared to the entry's sequenced members and the distance to the closest one is reported — a Euclidean distance in the same 25-dimensional reference space the Distance lens uses. A notable entry is one person or one small burial group, not a population average, so distances naturally run larger than population distances.

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  Is the Medieval Bosnians my ancestor?

  No — and no DNA test can show that. A small distance means your genome sits near this individual's in a shared reference space: similar ancestry composition, not descent. Ancestrify never claims a notable individual is your ancestor or relative.

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  How do I see my own distance to the Medieval Bosnians?

  Notable Matches is a free lens on every Ancestrify Global25 report — never sold separately. Order the G25 analysis (29.99 EUR), and your report ranks your coordinates against the full catalog, with a portrait, dossier and map for every entry. The public demo shows the lens with example data.

The catalog holds every published entry across three tiers — browse the full Notable Matches directory. Nearby entries:

• The Jews of Medieval Erfurtc. 1270–1400 CE

• The Jews of Tàrrega1348 CE

• The Black Death Londonersc. 1330–1360 CE

• The Christians of Norman Segestac. 1120–1320 CE

• The Retainers of Machu Picchuc. 1420–1530 CE

• The Norse of Greenlandc. 950–1400 CE

• The Albanians of Arbëriac. 1400–1700 CE

• The Muslims of Segestac. 870–1170 CE

• The Medieval Docleansc. 800–1100 CE

• The Gaels of Kilteasheenc. 700–1300 CE

• The Roma of Barçc. 1500–1700 CE

• The Christians of Sigtunac. 900–1050 CE